Game device



Dec. 5, 1961 F. B. ELIASSEN ET AL GAME DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FiledOct. 29, 1959 INVENTORS FRED B ELlAssEN CA RL 8- THORESEN Dec. 5, 1961F. B. ELIASSEN ET AL 3,011,789 a GAME DEVICE Filed Oct. 29, 19592.Sheets-Sheet 2 T INVENTORS J7 FRED s. ELIASSEN CARL B. THORESENArrakzvsy United States Patent ce 3,011,789 GAME DEVICE Fred B.Eliassen, 163 W. 76th St, New York, and Carl B. Thorcsen, 132-09 95thAve., Richmond Hill, N3. Filed Oct. 29, 1959, Ser. No. 849,525 1 Claim.(Cl. 273-135) This invention relates to games and more particularly to acard game.

The game contemplates the use of a deck or pack of ordinary playingcards for playing games of chance, divided into four suits calledhearts, diamonds, clubs and spades, with thirteen standard cards to eachsuit, to wit, ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six,five, four, three, two, making fifty-two cards in the deck. A game boardon the surface of which appear a number of representations ofpreselected playing cards with upturned faces controls the play of thecards in the hands of the players. The game board also serves to supportremovably a plurality of pots holding chips used as prizes for thewinners.

The game is what we choose to call Pot Luck in that it includes pots forholding the chips and the winner takes whatever chips may chance to bein the pets at the end of the game.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a card gamewith novel means for guiding the play of the cards in the hands of theplayers.

Another object of the invention is to provide a game apparatus withnovel means for holding the playing pieces used in the game.

A further object is to provide a game of cards that is simple andinteresting and capable of being played by two or more persons.

For further comprehension of the invention and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a game board used in the game showing chipholders in positoin thereon, with chips being shown in one of theholders.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the game board with the chip holdersremoved.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of one of the chip holders.

FIG. 6 is a similar view of another form of chip holder.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of one of the prizes.

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of a deck of playing cards used in thegame.

FIG. 9 is a face view of one of the playing cards in the deck used inthe game.

Referring in detail to the drawings, a game board used in playing thegame is shown in FIG. 1 and is designated generally by the referencenumeral 10. The game board 10 is shown formed of metal but may be madeof plastic material or any other suitable rigid material. Referringparticularly to FIG. 4, the game board comprises a rectangular-shapedplate-like body 12 having a depending flange 14 around the peripherythereof, of indefinite length. The flange is formed with concaved cutoutportions 16, the remainder of the flange serving to support the gameboard on a horizontal supporting surface, such as a table or the like(not shown).

On one side of the body spaced along the edge thereof there are threecircular holes or openings 18, 20 and 22, and on the other side thereofthere are three similar holes Patented Etc-ac. 5, 1961 24, 26 and 28 inopposed relation. At one end of the body, at the center thereof there isa rectangular-shaped hole or opening 30 and at the opposite end there isa similar hole or opening '32. At the center of the body, anotherrectangular-shaped hole or opening 29 is formed.

In accordance with the invention, in each of the side holes is, 20, 22 avessel in the form of a round pot 34 is removably mounted. Each pot 34has a bottom wall 36 and tapered side wall 38 and is open at the top. Acircular bead 46 is formed along the top edge of the side wall and anelongated handle 42 is formed integrally with the bead and extendsradially and laterally therefrom. The pot is preferably formed ofplastic material but may be made of metal. The pot is relatively deepand is held in position in its respective opening by the bead 4G, withthe handle 42 protruding outwardly of the side of the body 12,convenient for grasping and manipulating.

A rectangular-shaped pot 44 is removably mounted in each of the endopenings 38 and 32. The pot 44 has a bottom wall 46, tapered side walls48 and tapered end walls 58, and is open at the top. A head 52 ofindefinite length is formed along the top edge of the walls and a handle54- is integrally formed on the bead midway the ends of one of the sidewalls. The handle is slightly offset upwardly from the plane of thebead. The pct 44 is relatively deep and is supported in its respectiveopening by its bead 52, with the handle protruding outwardly of theadjacent end of the body.

In the center opening 29, in the body 12, a pct 5d of similar shape andconstruction to the pots 441 s removably mounted and supported by itshead 52.

Inwardly of each of the side openings 18, 2G, .22, a representation 53of an ordinary playing card, with its face upturned is permanently fixedto the surface of the game board centrally of the opening. The playingcards 58 are of varying values. For example, the representation adjacentthe opening 18 is that of the ten of hearts, adjacent the opening 2%,the jack of hearts, adjacent the opening 22, the ace of hearts, adjacentthe opening 24, the king of hearts, adjacent the opening 26, the queenof hearts, adjacent the opening 28, and the ace of spades.

inwardly of the end opening 30, there are two represcntations 58 ofplaying cards, one representation of the king of hearts, the otherrepresentation of the queen of hearts. Inwardly of the end opening 32,there are twelve representations 58 of playing cards, reading from topto bottom of FIG 1, as follows: the seven of clubs, eight of clubs, nineof clubs, seven of diamonds, eight of diamonds, nine of diamonds, sevenof spades, eight of spades, nine of spades, seven of hearts, eight ofhearts, nine of hearts.

Adjacent the central opening 29 and along each long edge thereof, theword Kitty appears. Between the central opening 29 and the end opening35), the words Pot Luck appears.

The side and end pots, 34 and 44., respectively, hold the stakes orchips contributed by the players during the course of the game, and thecentral pot 56 constitutes the Kitty or Jack Pot holding the stakes forthe winner of the game.

The game is played with a deck of ordinary playing cards 6% for playinggames of chance. The cards are divided into four suits called hearts,diamonds, clubs and spades, with thirteen standard cards to each suit,to wit, ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, sir, five four,three, two, making fifty-two cards in all.

Chips in the form of discs 62, with central openings (:4, are used forprizes. The discs 52 are of different contrasting colors, such as red,white and blue.

The game may be played by two or more persons, and

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hand of the player.

prizes are won due to the skill and pot luck of the playe according toprescribed rules of the game.

The rules of the game are as follows:

Two or more persons may play the game. A deck of ordinary playing cardsand chips in the form of discs areused as stakes. An equal number ofchips is given to each player, for example, forty chips. Each playerputs one chip in each pot including the Kitty at the start of the game.

The Banker is the first dealer and the player to his left is the nextdealer and so on so that each player gets a chance to deal.

The dealer deals the cards to the other player or players face down. Thedealer gets two hands of cards.

When the cards are all dealt out, the player looks at his cards. If theplayer has a poorhand he is in the market to buy the extra hand from thedealer. Now the dealer picks up one of the two hands he dealt tohimself. If the hand is a poor hand, the dealer can lay it face down,and pick up and play the other hand. There is no offer of sale of thehand turned down by The dealer has priority rights. The cards appearingon the game board face up are called Pot Luc cards. A poor hand meansthere is no card in your hand to match any of the cards appearing faceup on the Pot Luck game board. ,If the dealer finds a Pot Luck card inthe first hand he picks up, he plays thathand and auctions the other tothe highest bidder which is paid for in chips.

The holder of the ace of spades starts'the game. The playerwith the aceof spades in his hand takes the chips in the pot 34 in the holemarkedwith the ace of spades. If the player with the ace of spades in his handalso has the ace of hearts in his hand, such player has a choice. Theplayer shows the ace of spades and collects the chips in the pot 34 inthe hole marked with the ace of spades. The ace of spades is put backinto the The player can then either start with the ace of hearts andcollect the chips in the pot 34 in the hole marked with the ace ofhearts or start with the ace of spades.

If any player has the 7, 8," 9 in any suit, or has the 10 of hearts, thejack of hearts, queen of hearts, or king of hearts, or the ace ofhearts, the player in his turn plays the cards and collects from thepots in the holes marked with such cards.

If any player has a card of a lower value than the above named cards,such as the 2, 3 or 6 of hearts, the player cannot play the cards ofhigher values. The cards of high value held by the player must be helduntil it becomes their turn to be player.

The ace is the card of lowest value in the game. If

no ace of spades is present in the hand of any of the players, then theace of hearts starts the game. If neither the ace of spades nor the aceof hearts is present in the hands of the players, the cards arecollected, shufiied and dealt over again.

All of the cards are played with the face up, The players must followsuit. If the ace of spades is played, the two of spaced must be playednext, then the three of spades and so on. Now if no one has the four ofspades, the last player starts with a red card. The lowest value in redis played, that is, the ace, two, three, four and stopped. Next a blackcard starts. Now if the last card is black and the player cannot lay outa red card, the player on his left lays out a red card, and the playgoes around until no player can lay it out. If the game reaches the.stage when no player can change color, the game is over. The playerskeep playing until a player runs out of cards. Thefirst player to runout of cards wins the game. Each player at the end of the game puts onechip in the center pot or 'tty for each card held in his hand. Thestakes in the Kitty go to the winner of the next hand.

Now each player pays out nine chips, placing one in each pot includingthe Kitty, and the person on your left deals, and the same sequence ofsteps are followed.

If at the end of the game, there are chips left in the pots, the cardsare shufiied and five cards dealt out to each player, with the faces up.The player holding the highest pair of cards takes the chips in the pothaving the smallest number. This procedure is repeated until all of thechips are disposed of.

A penalty is provided which is that any player who does not follow suitplaying the lowest card first shall pay two chips fine to the Kitty.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of ourinvention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes andmodifications may be made Withinthe scope of the invention as defined inthe appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent A game comprising a gameboard'with a flat rectangular plate with a playing surface for use witha deck of conventional playing cards and playing chips, said platehaving a peripheral skirt to support the plate above a horizontalsupport, said plate having rectangular openings centered at ends thereofand a plurality of spaced circular openings at opposite side edgesthereof, rectangular pots removably seated in each of the rectangularopenings, and cylindrical pots removably seated in the circularopenings, each of the pots having a body depending below said plateadjacent to the skirt, each of the pots having a beaded rim supported onthe rim of the opening receiving the pot, each pot having a handleextending from the beaded rim outwardly of said plate, said skirt havinga cut-out at each of the openings to expose the body of the pot thereat,the depth of each pot being less than the height of the skirt all aroundthe plate, representations of conventional playing cards with the facesupwardly fixedly mounted on the playing surface adjacent the pots, theplaying values of the latter playing cards varying at each pot forcontrolling the number of chips to be deposited in the respective pot,said values being above a predetermined value. j

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